Year 1
Welcome to Year 1!
'We Belong, Inspire, Succeed'
Class Teachers
Centipedes Teacher – Mrs Dixon
Caterpillars Teacher – Mrs Geaves
Fireflies Teacher – Miss Menzies
Year 1 Learning Support Assistant Team
Mrs Baron, Mrs Ginn, Mrs Pemble, Mrs Rammel, Mrs D'Cruz, Miss Gunner
Our learning journey this week...
We have continued our writing journey about that one cheeky bear and Goldilocks. The children have spent the week exploring adjectives, as well as the suffixes -ing and -ed.
Homework books will be sent home on Fridays and need to be returned to school every Wednesday. There are 6 activities for the half term and the children can complete them in their own order, with only 1 activity needing to be completed each week.
Feel free to use the homework book as a form of extension by adding in more challenging activities.
A reminder that Reading Diaries can be used to record any reading taking place at home, this includes reading for pleasure, library books as well as bedtime stories.
PE timetables have changed and will be as follows from January onwards; Year 1 PE Tuesday (Gym) & Thursday (Core)
If you have any questions with regards to your child's reading you can contact us on the Year 1 email. year1@wbis.org.uk
We have had a few water bottle leaks in book bags damaging school reading books. A reminder to please not place water bottles into book bags but rather carry them separately.
Due to the colder weather, it is vital for all children to have a coat at school with them.
If you have any questions, please do catch one of us on the door at any time. Have a wonderful weekend, Year 1 Team
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Home learning
Home learning book routine Home learning is set on a Wednesday of every week. These are to be returned by the following Tuesday. Note: children need to hand the books to an adult on return, as we will not be checking book bags.
This week - 13/1/25 Homework books will be sent home every Friday. The children need to complete 1 activity each week.
Spellings; - To start in Spring 2 Term Spellings will be introduced later in the year. Each week, we will set 8 spellings (4 that include the graphemes we have learned and 4 tricky words). All the words follow the Little Wandle phonics programme and have been taught in school. We recommend practicing these a couple of times over the week in advance of a low stakes spelling test we will do each Friday. You can use 'read, cover, write' method to build your child's confidence. Last weeks spellings: New spellings:
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Parent Partnership and Important Dates
Reading - Changed every Friday It is imperative we keep the children interested in reading and allow for the love of literature to grow, therefore your child may come home with a slightly easier level, a book they have had in Reception or be extended onto a more challenging stage. Each child learns to read at their own pace and our aim is to bridge any gaps, recap skills that have been forgotten and create strong, fluent readers that can comprehend what their text is about. If you have any questions, please email us on the Year 1 email. Please read with your child at least three times a week and write in the reading record. Please watch the 'How to say phase 5 sounds' video on the Little Wandle website, explaining how we are teaching the next phase of reading. The video can be found here: Little Wandle parent videos.
PE Tuesday - PE kit - short or joggers and tops, t shirt, trainers. Thursday - PE kit - shorts joggers and tops, t shirt, trainers.
Remember Please bring the chatterbox and class creature back to share, ready for Friday. Friday - Book Change Day. -------- Important dates Tuesday 28 January - 9:45-10am Year 1 Come & Learn - Booking Essential Wednesday 29 January - 2:15-3pm Year 1 Come & Learn - Booking Essential
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Star and Sports Learners
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Amaya - for a wonderfully, inquisitive mind in all we do!
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Seb - for writing a fantastic character description.
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Theo - for being a Go for it Gorilla in his writing this week. |
Sports Star
Class: Centipedes
Nominated child: Rafe
For: improved balance on our gym beams
Curriculum
In Year One we aim to make the transition from Early Years to Key Stage One as seamless as possible. Our target is to provide a broad curriculum where all children are able to succeed and make progress. We are a team of very dedicated, energetic and enthusiastic staff, who enjoy working together to provide the best possible learning experiences for the children in our care.
Our number one aim is to ensure every child enjoys school and develops a passion for learning throughout their time with us. We dedicate time throughout the year to build strong and positive relationships with all the children in our year group, so that we know them as individuals. We find out what makes them smile, and should they need some extra support and care we are always happy to give it.
By the end of Year One, our aim is for every child to have made fantastic progress, to have grown in confidence, to have developed the skills to solve problems independently and to want to challenge themselves as learners. We are passionate about providing an excellent level of education and developing every aspect of each child; not only their academic achievements but also their social and emotional well being.
Learning Environment
We promote an enquiry based curriculum and aim to provide lessons that are engaging, meaningful and fun. In order to achieve this, we carefully plan a progressive curriculum, guided by the children's interests and questions, to ensure all individuals can succeed. We endeavour to provide many hands on experiences and to make the curriculum relevant and real to the children.
We make our classrooms friendly and accessible to promote independent learning and also bright and stimulating; a welcoming environment for all. Our displays are both interactive and purposeful and give the children the opportunity to showcase their excellence.
Our learning projects
Communication Trail
We are a very approachable team. If you have any concerns and would like to discuss your child, please come and see your child's class teacher. We can usually solve simple problems or queries for you quite quickly. Nothing surprises or shocks us anymore - we've seen and heard most things before!!! Please see below the communication trail:
- Class Teacher - At the beginning or end of the day or email year1@wbis.org.uk
- Year 1 Co-ordinator - Miss Menzies - email year1@wbis.org.uk
- Head Teacher - Mrs Stacey Clarke -email office@wbis.org.uk
Please make sure that you use the communication trail to ensure that the right people can help you.